The taboo of virginity

According to its founders, it is only by persuading our adolescents to remain chaste that we can hope to combat the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases and the sharp rise in teenage pregnancies. They even try to urinate standing upright like their brothers in order to prove theequality which they lay claim to. Inthe Portland and Glenelg tribes this is done to the bride by an old woman; and sometimes white menare asked for this reason to deflower maidens Brough Smith, 2, He turns to anthropology to show that, in some groups, defloration is carried out just before the wedding ceremony by a third party officially charged with that duty. In this way women also are regarded as being a source of such dangers, and the first act of sexualintercourse with a woman stands out as a danger of particular intensity. A psychoanalytical exploration of feminine virginity:

While evidence isn't conclusive, better safe than sorry. If you are on hormonal birth control and need to take antibiotics, use a secondary method of protection (such as condoms while taking antibiotics.